Grab your java while I jabber. For starters, have you all seen this week’s Facebook post with a picture of a dog lying limply on the floor? It reads, “I can’t adult today. Please don’t make me adult today.†I’m by nature a tangential thinker, so of course my mind went to a place where […]
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Whew. That Was Close. But I’m Still Here!
Whew. That was close. It figures that, after recently posting Yet Again, I Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth to address my delay in posting new material, An Island Mom itself would fall off the face of the earth for a few hours. Sorry y’all. But have no fear. My tech team, skilled […]
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Yet Again, I Still Haven’t Fallen Off the Face of the Earth
Yet again, I still haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. I may have fallen off the face of sanity, but on the upside, I appear to still be terrestrial. Here in the Island Family, we are in the middle of a three-month period where LCB and I mostly cross paths as ships in […]
Thoughts on the Sea #12
The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. Jacques Yves Cousteau For other thoughts, see #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, and #11.
Birds Live and on Location
“Even the dullest bird or face becomes interesting when you give it a good look in the wild/flesh. The way the shadow drops across the cheek, the light hits an eyebrow, etc….there are many more angles, positions, etc. than you can ever imagine. My heart always makes a little jump when I see things in […]
The Fountain of Starbucks
Recently, I experienced a situation that will live in Island Family infamy. On the tail end of a road trip, I stopped for a late night cup of coffee to keep me awake while I drove. I’d been holding out for a coffee shop, but when it got past ten and I still had quite […]